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The EastEnders star, who has played Lauren Branning for eight years, has also admitted that she couldn’t control her emotions during her final days filming for the soap.

The actress was confirmed as one of four stars revealed to be leaving the show by EastEnders bosses last year, alongside Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), Ben Mitchell (Harry Reid) and Johnny Carter (Ted Reilly).

Jacqueline revealed that she had immediately called her husband Dan Osborne, with whom she shares two-year-old daughter Ella, after finding out the news.

The 25-year-old is thought to be making her departure from EastEnders next month, after filming her final scene with her on-screen dad Max Branning (played by Jake Wood).

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Jacqueline Jossa has spoken out about finding out that she would be leaving EastEnders

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The EastEnders actress, who plays Lauren Branning, is thought to be leaving the show next month

Jacqueline Jossa romance in Greece

Wed, September 7, 2016

Dan Osborne and EastEnders girlfriend Jacqueline Jossa take a break away to Greece where they enjoy a romantic day at the beach.

In an interview with this week's OK! magazine, Jacqueline said: “I phoned Daniel up crying because it was a bit of a shock.

“Now I’ve had some time to think about it, I think EastEnders have done me a favour as it’s going to push me to try new things.”

She added: “I had my suspicions that something might be going on because of the way my storylines were going, so I asked for a meeting to discuss what was happening.

“When they told me the plans I was really scared. Getting a job on a soap is a very comforting thing for an actress because it’s regular work, so when I realised that was being taken away, it did worry me.”

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Jacqueline has revealed that she called her husband Dan Osborne crying, after finding out the news

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The EastEnders star told fans on Instagram that she would be filming her final scene last week

Speaking about her last day on the show, Jacqueline said that she found it much more emotional than she had expected it to be, adding that she “couldn’t stop the tears from coming”.

The actress said: “‘It was a lot sadder than I thought it was going to be.

“My last scene is with Jake and thankfully I was supposed to be crying because I couldn’t stop the tears from coming!”

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Lorna Fitzgerald, who plays Abi Branning, will also be departing from the BBC One soap

This week's OK! magazine is out now [OK!]

The mother-of-one told Instagram followers on Tuesday that she would play the role of Lauren for the final time the following day.

Her exit from the soap will come after her on-screen family turn off sister Abi’s life support machine this week.